In the first musical scene of the 1966 release of MGM's Spinout,
Elvis is pictured performing with a 1964 "natty green" sunburst Burns
Double Six (12-String) guitar.

Elvis on the set of Spinoutwith '64 Burns Double SixPhoto courtesy Alamy Images

The
guitar was made by Ormston Burns Ltd., a company started in 1960 by James Ormston
Burns. Burns became involved in making guitars following World War II and in the late '50s was part of Burns-Weill, making some of the earliest production guitars in England.
With his own company he began selling guitars branded "Burns
London," which were considered well designed and manufactured.*
The Double Six model was introduced by Burns in 1964.

The Double Six was basically a 12-string version of the
Hank
Marvin guitar, also introduced in '64 as a tribute to the English
guitarist who fronted the Shadows. They featured an offset double-cutaway
solid alder body, sycamore maple neck with rosewood fretboard, a "split" three-piece
laminated pickguard assembly
(tortoise on the Marvin, black on the Double Six). The Marvin had three Rez-o-Matik single-coil pickups mounted at an
angle while the Double Six had three slanted Tri-Sonic pickups with
three-way select, one volume, and two tones. While the Marvin features a
vibrato tailpiece, the bridge on the Double
Six was a simple adjustable bar-type with a covered stop tailpiece.
The Marvin only came in Olympic white and the Double Six was offered in natty green or red
sunbursts.*

By 1965 Burns London was deeply in debt to suppliers and creditors and
in September was bought by the Baldwin Piano and Organ Company of Cincinnati,
who had previously failed to CBS on a bid to buy Fender. Most of Burns' guitars ended up in the Baldwin
line and the plan was that Burns would continue to manufacture guitars in London and ship them to the U.S., branded as Baldwin guitars. Reportedly there were a few early models from '65 that had both names on
them. Other than the new name, the '65 Burns line initially continued intact as the Baldwin
line but ceased by 1970.*

In the '70s and '80s there were two major attempts to revive the Burns
name but neither enjoyed
any lasting success. The latest venture, starting in the 90's, is
regarded as a case of third time luck though they attribute the
favorable response received by BURNS LONDON to
superlative product quality and equivalent performance at making Burns
instruments available that successfully continue the
fine legacy of their early classics.**